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United States Patent | 5,737,634 |
Hamano ,   et al. | April 7, 1998 |
A CPU, a main memory, a network interface section and a control section are connected to an internal bus. The control section is connected to a storage device to control read-out and write-in processes relative to the storage device. The network interface section receives an access request to the storage device transferred through a network and sends it to the control section through the CPU. The network interface section and the control section are connected to each other by an exclusive line. Data read out of the storage device and data to be written into it is transferred through the exclusive line.
Inventors: | Hamano; Takashi (Kawasaki, JP); Togo; Tsutomu (Kawasaki, JP); Egawa; Hiroichi (Kawasaki, JP); Inamoto; Yasushi (Kawasaki, JP); Matsuda; Kiichi (Kawasaki, JP) |
Assignee: | Fujitsu Limited (Kanagawa, JP) |
Appl. No.: | 554695 |
Filed: | November 7, 1995 |
Nov 28, 1994[JP] | 6-292922 |
Current U.S. Class: | 710/27; 710/74 |
Intern'l Class: | G06F 013/14 |
Field of Search: | 395/200.07,200.15,308,847,427 |
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